Reading with your child at home

At CSPA, we use VIPERS to teach and develop reading. VIPERS is an acronym to aid the recall of the 6 reading domains as part of the reading curriculum.  They are the key areas children need to know and understand in order to improve their comprehension (understanding and interpretation of texts).

VIPERS stands for

Vocabulary

Inference

Prediction

Explanation

Retrieval

Summarise

VIPERS is a method of ensuring that adults ask, and students are familiar with, a range of questions.